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FileMaker Pro 11 — 2 for 1 End Of The Year Special
While talking to one of my contractor buddies today about databases vs. spreadsheets like Excel I suddenly recalled that FileMaker Inc. has a special 2 for 1 deal going on…
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Delta 12-Inch Variable Speed Wood Lathe & Duplicator
I just put up for sale on eBay a Delta 12-Inch Variable Speed Wood Lathe & Duplicator (for local pickup in Katonah NY). We used it for three projects a…
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Let’s Talk About The Book Defensive Estimating
A while back here I recommended very highly William Astal's book Defensive Estimating: Protecting Your Profits. I thought times are tough and the building and remodeling markets typically slows down…
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A Free MacHeist Software Bundle
A free MacHeist software bundle for any interested MacUsers full of some pretty good business tools. The MacHeist nanoBundle View Image View Image The Woodshed Tavern Backroom The Topics Too…
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A project management question…
An interesting project management question... It's a hypothetical so bear with me,...You're building a house with ten parallel tasks that each take on average six months to perform. So what…
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The Vendor Client relationship…
The Vendor Client relationship - in real world situations I don't really have time to comment on this myself this morning but I think all the folks here really should…
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What Can We Learn From This Chart?
I've got this chart I did that plots the monthly Jobs Costs, Total Volume, and Overhead and Profit for another contractor I work with based on his numbers for 2008.…
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A Winter 2009 Business Book Reading List
Since things are slowing down due to both the weather and the economny I think it's a good time to develop a good winter reading for 2009. A big book…
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Comparing Markup Methodologies
In the interest of the continuing (or should I say reinvigorating) the debate and discussion surrounding the subject of "Markup" I wrote an analysis the other day that takes a…
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Lowering your price?
A business question for all those in service type businesses such as contracting to consider. Times are tough. So you find you are not closing on sales the way you…